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Former Sigur Rós keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson has announced his first solo album since leaving the band in 2013. It’s a four-act opera called Der Klang der Offenbarung des Göttlichen—which translates to The Explosive Sonics of Divinity— and it is out October 28 via Bel-Air Glamour Records. Watch a preview, and see the cover art and tracklist below.
The opera is a collaboration with Icelandic performance artist Ragnar Kjartansson and it’s inspired by Nobel laureate Halldór Laxness’ novel World Light.read more

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